megapode

English Thesaurus

1. large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gallinacean, gallinaceous bird,
definition	:	heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	leipoa, leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl,
definition	:	Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	alectura lathami, brush turkey,
definition	:	black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	macrocephalon maleo, maleo,
definition	:	Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family megapodiidae, megapodiidae,
definition	:	megapodes (noun.animal)